Hotel or restaurant services; failure to pay charges, penalty. (HB2960)

Introduced By

Del. Rob Bell (R-Charlottesville)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Hotel or restaurant services, etc.; larceny; penalty. Provides that failure to pay charges at a hotel, motel, campground, boardinghouse, restaurant, eating house, or amusement park for food, entertainment or accommodation is larceny, making the offense subject to the provision that a third larceny conviction, regardless of the amount, is a Class 6 felony. If the value of the service received is $200 or less, the penalty will remain a Class 1 misdemeanor; if it is $200 or more, the offense will be grand larceny, punishable by imprisonment in a state correctional facility for not less than one nor more than 20 years or, in the discretion of the jury or of court trying the case without a jury, confinement in jail not exceeding 12 months or a fine not more than $2,500, either or both. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/10/2007Committee
01/10/2007Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 073210232
01/10/2007Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/12/2007Impact statement from VCSC (HB2960)
01/17/2007Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
01/22/2007Referred to Committee on Appropriations
01/24/2007Assigned App. sub: Public Safety (Sherwood)